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Food Industry, California
Spar Over Warning Labels

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Leila Abboud Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Updated Aug. 1, 2003 12:01 a.m. ET

California is expected Friday to propose that warning labels be required on foods containing significant levels of acrylamide, a chemical known to cause cancer in animals. Acrylamide was recently found in snack chips, french fries, cereals and other fried or baked starchy foods.

The state is acting under a 1986 law, Proposition 65, requiring it to publicly list chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects and other health problems and to bar companies from exposing people to those substances without giving "clear and...